Plate for shoes.



A. SCHRADER.

PLATE FOR SHOES.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.23, 19l6.'

Patented AuO. 21,' 1917.

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ALFRED SCI-TRADER, OF MINOT, NORTH DAKOTA.

PLATE FOR SHOES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented A110. 21, 1917.

Application lerl August 23, 1916. Serial No. 116,517.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, ALFRED SCHRADER, a citizen oil the United States, residing at Minot, in the county of fard and State of North Dakota, have invented certa-in useful Improvements in Plates for Shoes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to improvements in plates for shoes, one object of the invention being the provision ot' a detachable plate which may be connected to any shoe to provide a cleat for use in playing baseball and the like, the same being light, strong, and inexpensive, and readily attached in place.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of the sole of the shoe with the present plate attached thereto.

Fig. :2 is a top plan view of the plate per se.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation thereof.

Referring to the drawings, the numerals 5 and 6 designate the respective side wings of the present plate, whose forward ends 7 and S arc slidably connected to the bar 9 which is provided with the lug or cleat 10 intermediate of its ends.

Carried by the respective outer ends of the members 5 and G are the sole rim engaging lugs 11 and 12, while connecting both of the members and 6 for lateral swinging movement to the two pairs of interiorly threaded projections 13 and 1/1 is an adjusting screw 15.

This screw 15 has mounted thereon the wrench receiving member 16, whereby the frame members 5 and G may be moved to and from each other to clamp or release the present device relatively to the sole of the shoe, 17.

Formed in each member 5 and 6 adjacent the lugs 11 and 12 is an elongated opening 18, in which is slidably mounted the cleat 19 having the limiting end 2O and the ground engaging end 21.

By this means, the members 19 may be adjusted transversely of the present device, according to the width of the shoe upon which the present device is attached.

From the foregoing description, it is evident that the present device may be readily connected to and detached from the sole of the shoe, so that any shoe may be converted into a baseball shoe with the proper ground engaging member.

lVhat I claim as new is In a device of the kind described, in combination, a pair of similarly shaped triangular side wings formed with rectangular eyes at their outer ends, a bar having its opposite ends slidably mounted in said rectangular eyes, a cleat secured between the ends of said bar, the base portions of said triangular side wings being fo-rmed with elongated slots, a slidable cleat loperating in each slot and having a milled head for direct engagement with a shoe, the base portion of each wing being extended and bent back so as to provide shoe-edge engaging lugs, a pair of threaded projections formed at the inner ends of each base portion on the side carrying the cleats proper, an elongated screw having its opposite ends screwed into said projections, and a wrench-receiving member secured on said screw between its ends of a diameter to be spaced from the plane of said side wings by means oi' which said wings may be moved toward or from each other.

In testimony whereof I aiiX my signature.

ALFRED SCI-IRADER.

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